MediaWiki edit comment formatting denial of service

mediawiki-comment-format-dos (24478) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

MediaWiki is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by improper handling of edit comment formatting. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed URL to cause an infinite loop, which would result in a denial of service.

Platforms Affected:

  • Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki 1.4.x before 1.4.14
  • Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.6

Remedy:

For MediaWiki 1.4.x:
Upgrade to the latest version of MediaWiki (1.4.14 or later), available from the MediaWiki Download Web page. See References.

For MediaWiki 1.3.x:
Upgrade to the latest version of MediaWiki (1.5.6 or later), available from the MediaWiki Download Web page. See References.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Reported:

Feb 03, 2006

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